I watched the Donington Park race from the inside of Redgate and came away seriously impressed with him. PJ was the star of the weekend in my eyes. I'm not sure of the talent level in Superstock (to be honest it always seemed to me to be the place where Up and Comers, real roads racers, and stubborn tradesmen from Yorkshire get together to go racing) but it was a full grid and he was stalking Lee Johnston the entire race.

Due to media comments and news about the deal between Luca Scassa and ParkinGO MV Agusta Team competing the World Supersport Championship in 2013, I would like to inform you all that the any decision is not been taken yet nor any deal is been made up to now.

Luca comments:"It's clear that with the succeses I had with MV Agusta in my career and my personal relationships that keep me close to the brand, MV Agusta covers a special place in my heart and it would be an enormous pleasure for me to be part of the project again."

Anyway, at the moment, no deal has been made yet and we're valuing the MV Agusta possibility just as the other interesting proposals.At convenient time it will be with extreme satisfaction that we'll comunicate next season's choice.

Just read that article in autosport about Rossi and Lorenzo,I think joining them up again was a bad decision,because the team is going to choose sides.I think that a racing team should have a number 1 and 2 driver or rider,causes less problem,and I think it's going to backfire on Yamaha.So how long till they start going at each other.

which was what? (I don't remember). All I can think of was he was wanting to build his brand image up of that JL thing.

I love having a bike out there with the number 1 on it as a target.

Isn't there a feeling among a lot of riders that the number 1 plate is "cursed" in some way and that if they use it they're doomed to failure the following season? I'm struggling to remember the last rider who retained a top class title with it.

Isn't there a feeling among a lot of riders that the number 1 plate is "cursed" in some way and that if they use it they're doomed to failure the following season? I'm struggling to remember the last rider who retained a top class title with it.

Isn't there a feeling among a lot of riders that the number 1 plate is "cursed" in some way and that if they use it they're doomed to failure the following season? I'm struggling to remember the last rider who retained a top class title with it.

I think they're due to have their first test at Sepang Feb 5-7.
I remember reading that Monster are going to be sponsoring the works team after buying out J.L's Rockstar deal. Not sure if thats confirmed though

I think they're due to have their first test at Sepang Feb 5-7.I remember reading that Monster are going to be sponsoring the works team after buying out J.L's Rockstar deal. Not sure if thats confirmed though

So we'll see the two factory Yamahas with Monster on the side and the tech 3s with monster on the side...

Jorge just resigned with Rockstar too, guess they'll have to pay him extra.

Looking back, I know I tried 100 percent in all the races, but as everybody saw with all the crazy mechanical problems we had this past season—blistered and chunked tires, rear suspension failure, blown engine, fried clutch, overheated brakes—something else wasn’t 100 percent.

There’s no way anybody could have planned all that or made it happen. Usually, one of those things happens once a year to a rider. For us, they all happened in one year, back-to-back-to-back. It looks bad for the team, but I know it had nothing to do with them. It was just a lot of bad luck.

I’ll admit it was frustrating to look on the other side of the garage and see everything was perfect. My teammate, Jorge Lorenzo, was winning races and, eventually, the world title. I know his engine, brakes, clutch, suspension and tires were the same as mine. You don’t want bad things to happen to someone else, but it’s hard—not just for the rider but the team, as well—to see everything going right on their side and wrong on our side.

Equal? Yeah, at least trying to be PC there aren't you Spies? Should've taken the BMW deal in Superbike like reported. The Duc program in MotoGP was a one trick pony. They had Stoner and he figured it out, and then it went back to where it was before Stoner. But then again, MotoGP has overtaken WSBK for entires and amount of competitive bikes.

They were in a pretty good position before Stoner arrived at the team. If Capirossi hadn't got injured in the middle part of the season he might've been world champion.

Lot of "older" guys who run very good with the 1000cc bikes in 2005-06 struggled in the 800 cc era (electronics, fuel limits). Capirossi, Melandri, Hayden (who went from champion to also-run). Also 2006 was the 5th year of the 1000cc regulations, that helped those teams who needed to catch up a little.

Replaced by a "250cc four-stroke series"? A Moto3 European Championship would be an interesting proposition. If the FIM is serious about providing a big customer base for cost-capped Moto3 machinery, then that's what they should do. Might even lead to some four-stroke race machinery filtering down to national level, actually reducing the need for youngsters to race in Spain.

Another shocking news about the series. But they didn't axe the superstock category. They axe the superbike cathegory. They keep the name, but under stock rules. This means the bikes will be 3-4sec/lap slower, and less attractive for the factory teams, so it became a semi amateur series with 30+ grid, but less interest.

About the planned/rumored 250cc stock class: according 2 wiki a 250cc stock engine (4 stroker) has about 25-30hp, which is pathetic. Moto3 has about a double of this (50+).

A reflection that with the Grand-Am/ALMS class mergers and the Daytona Prototype's planned assault on Europe, DMG are too busy to make a final decision for their Superbike series till February? AMA Superbike, afaik, has largely stock rules but great freedom of electronics. I wonder whether they've identified this as a way of attracting manufacturers back to their series, and are delaying a decision to gauge interest from the usual suspects. Would be awfully ironic after what happened in 2009. All that said, you'd think Honda, BMW, Kawasaki etc would like to race in a series with a TV deal, given any choice.